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Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Frances Rufelle, Colm Wilkinson - Les Miserables (1987 Original Broadway Cast) (1990)
	Album details
	Label: Decca U.S.    Ref#: ?-0362 Date: 10/25/1990   Category: soundtrack Length: 0:00     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre:
Notes/Reviews
After Les Misérables became a huge hit in London, it moved to Broadway, bringing along two stars from the London production, Colm Wilkinson as the heroic Valjean and Frances Ruffelle as the despondent Eponine. Filling out this 1987 cast are Randy Graff (Fantine), Terrence Mann (Javert), David Bryant (Marius), Judy Kuhn (Cosette), Michael Maguire (Enjolras), and Leo Burmester and Jennifer Butt (the Thénardiers). Whether you prefer the London cast or this one just might depend on which one you heard first, though minor revisions to the show since its London debut make the Broadway version more familiar to current audiences. In fact, the 10th anniversary concert might have the best overall cast of the lot, while the three-disc symphonic recording is a must for completists. Regardless of cast, Les Misérables has become a sensation. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's score is filled with beautiful ballads ("Bring Him Home," "I Dreamed a Dream") and rousing anthems ("One Day More," "Do You Hear the People Sing?"), and Victor Hugo's classic novel of a student uprising in early-19th-century France provides a compelling story line that continues to thrill audiences all over the world. --David Horiuchi
Songs/Tracks
1.   Overture/Work Song   2.   Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven   3.   What Have I Done?   4.   At the End of the Day   5.   I Dreamed a Dream   6.   Lovely Ladies   7.   Who Am I?   8.   Come to Me (Fantine's Death)   9.   Confrontation   10.   Castle on a Cloud   11.   Master of the House   12.   The Thenardier Waltz of Treachery   13.   Look Down   14.   Stars   15.   Red and Black   16.   Do You Hear the People Sing   17.   In My Life   18.   A Heart Full of Love   19.   Plumet Attack   20.   One Day More   21.   Upon These Stones (Building the Barricade)   22.   On My Own   23.   Upon These Stones (At the Barricade)   24.   Javert at the Barricade/Little People   25.   The First Attack   26.   A Little Fall of Rain   27.   Drink with Me   28.   Bring Him Home - Valjean   29.   Dog Eats Dog   30.   Javert's Suicide   31.   Turning   32.   Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius   33.   Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast   34.   Finale
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